00 : 00 The History of Humankind, An artificial voice is beatboxing the origin of human language before joining a choir of 108 billion voices. This is the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth since the beginning of humankind, 100 000 years ago 00 : 00
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Title

The History of Humankind, An artificial voice is beatboxing the origin of human language before joining a choir of 108 billion voices. This is the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth since the beginning of humankind, 100 000 years ago

Date
2016

Duration
Duration 11'09''

Material

Multi-channel sound installation

To re-trace the journey of language and its formation, Marguerite conceived The History of Humankind through elaborate reverse-engineering processes. Beginning with lone whistling, guttural throat noises and slavering smacks, this sound work graduates to rhythmic clicks and round phonemes, culminating in the song of a celestial chorus.

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Title

The History of Humankind, An artificial voice is beatboxing the origin of human language before joining a choir of 108 billion voices. This is the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth since the beginning of humankind, 100 000 years ago

Date
2016

Duration
Duration 11'09''

Material

Multi-channel sound installation

To re-trace the journey of language and its formation, Marguerite conceived The History of Humankind through elaborate reverse-engineering processes. Beginning with lone whistling, guttural throat noises and slavering smacks, this sound work graduates to rhythmic clicks and round phonemes, culminating in the song of a celestial chorus.

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Credits

Sound works

Voice synthesis, sound design, orchestration: Machine Intelligence Laboratory, University of Cambridge (Pierre Lanchantin); Voices: Gideon Wagner and Ghizela Rowe